Shared folders options for vmware in ESXi server [closed]

Question

I am using ESXi server and run VMs using vSphere client. I was using shared folders options in VMware but I cannot find this option in these VMs now. How can I create a shared folder or how can I transfer files between VMware virtual machines easily? Thanks.

Answer 1

If you only need to transfer files from the host to the guest, the simplest solution is to create an ISO image and attach it to the virtual CD/DVD drive. For example, on Linux, the following command creates an ISO image foo.iso from the bar directory, preserving long file names (-J).

genisoimage -o foo.iso -J bar

If you need something more complex than that, ESXi has no such built-in method, it's best to set up a VM for such things with an (S)FTP, SMB or NFS service.